The Piano Teacher (La Pianiste)

Name: The Piano Teacher (La Pianiste)
Duration: 2 h 11 min

2hr 11m

2hr 11m
4.1/5 (132.2K)
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A young man romantically pursues his masochistic piano teacher. More Details »

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Movie Info & Cast

Director:

Michael Haneke

Producer:

Veit Heiduschka

Writer:

Elfriede Jelinek

Runtime:

2hr 11m

Synopsis

A young man romantically pursues his masochistic piano teacher.

Cast

Isabelle Huppert
Annie Girardot
Benoît Magimel
Susanne Lothar
Udo Samel
Anna Sigalevitch
Cornelia Köndgen
Thomas Weinhappel
Georg Friedrich
Philipp Heiss

Letterboxd User Reviews

4.1

RATINGS 20.1K FANS

4.1

Jan 26, 2021

What gets me about this movie and what's always made this stick with me is the end. The last 5 minutes of this movie after the assault sum up Erika's whole life and show us how sad it's always been for her. She's standing in the middle of the concert hall lobby with bruises…

21.8K Likes

evilbjork

May 10, 2015

the extremest case of kink shaming ever

10.2K Likes

Jasmine

Mar 16, 2017

The amount of times I had to pause to recollect myself...

7.8K Likes

meera
Feb 14, 2023

french people are craaazy man

7.7K Likes

mary

Dec 3, 2022

There is one moment in particular that I believe contains the key to understanding Erika. It comes when she is talking with the mother of the girl who’s hand was brutally sabotaged and who can no longer play in the concert (or in any venue for a long while) forthcoming,…

6.9K Likes

Jerry

Jan 28, 2021

honestly girl i get it

6.3K Likes

cinéfila... 🕯️
May 3, 2016

why is michael haneke's signature move making me so uncomfortable that i have to keep checking how much is left in his movies

4.9K Likes

Erik 🎼

Jul 13, 2021

It’s obvious the movie wants to alienate the audience from Erika, it wants them to gape in awe at her self mutilation, her perversion, her callousness. When she reveals her letter, and her true intentions, it seems as if the movie is begging the audience for their surface…

4.0K Likes

vee

Jan 5, 2025

ain’t nobody matching her freak omg

3.6K Likes

theo

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Naomi liked

The Piano Teacher

Family movie watch with your uncle

😂 😭 12 3Y

maya loved

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she just like me

😭 😂 5 4Y

Kareem is "meh" on

The Piano Teacher

Edging final boss. Bottom line here is to not edge. I think this is where Babygirl got their inspiration from and tried to do an imitation of it. Which failed miserably.

😂 😭 3 1Y
BENNY liked

The Piano Teacher

6/10 Really disturbing and intense movie. Isabelle Huppert is amazing, but the story is super uncomfortable and dark. Not easy to watch, but it sticks with you.

🔥 2 3M

Ria liked

The Piano Teacher

The Piano Teacher is a very relatable yet disturbing movie- the desire of craving lust that cannot be obtained and the willingness of how far you’re willing to go to experience that kind of love, creates both a great plot and execution. Overall 8/10 bc the movie is a bit rushed.👍

🔥 1 3Y

Gaia loved

The Piano Teacher

I just can’t describe how much this movie affected me. I wish I was the one that wrote this script. The psychology of the characters are insane and at the same time so true. This movie will live in your mind rent free and it will make you questioning things so much

🔥 1 2Y
Shahar liked

The Piano Teacher

This movie is so human. The idea behind every part of the movie is so important. Very sophisticated and excellent acting.

🔥 1 1Y

jovanna disliked

The Piano Teacher

i consider myself an open-mind person but these movie is beyond all the limits, just sick and twisted

🔥 1 1Y

Sabine loved

The Piano Teacher

I couldn’t finish this movie in one take. Needed a day to process what I had just watched…

🔥 1 1Y